Bengaluru: A routine home-cleaning booking turned into a costly cyber fraud for a city-based doctor, who lost Rs 1.7 lakh after contacting a fake customer care executive.According to the complaint filed by Dr Imtiaz Zafar, a resident of Lakkasandra in Wilson Garden, he had booked a cleaning service through the Urban Company app. The assigned…
Fishing ban comes to an end Chennai: The first Sunday after the seasonal fishing ban was lifted brought large crowds to Chennai’s Kasimedu harbour. However, celebrations were short-lived as a dramatically thin catch drove fish prices to punishing highs.Species such as sankara, aiyla, vanjiram, nethili, paarai, soorai, crab, and squid arrived in meagre quantities, triggering…
Suspected chemical explosion kills worker in Meerpet Hyderabad: A 43-year-old migrant worker died in a suspected chemical explosion at a site decoration and events-related godown in Meerpet on Sunday evening. Police identified the deceased as Anoop Pradhan (43), a labourer employed at the facility.According to police, the incident occurred around 4.45 pm in Sai Nagar…
– The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court, has raised concerns over discrepancies in the ongoing exercise to identify alleged illegal constructions on protected land in Anangpur village of Faridabad and directed Haryana authorities to carry out a fresh khasra-wise field survey after finding inconsistencies in maps and ground verification data._________________Picture by…
The Park Circus road that has been named after Gopal Mukherjee Kolkata: Suhrawardy Ave-nue in Park Circus has been renamed Gopal Mukherjee Road after ‘Gopal Pattha’, one of the key defenders of central Calcutta’s Hindu neighbourhoods during the Direct Action Day communal clashes of Aug 1946.CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the renaming in an X post…
Noida: A fast-track court on Friday denied bail to five persons arrested in connection with the April 13 industrial unrest, citing their “active role” in the violence and arson.With the latest order, the court has so far disposed of 12 bail applications linked to FIR No. 169 registered at Phase-2 police station. It has rejected…
Margao: Using Yoga Day to target BJP, state Congress president Girish Chodankar on Sunday accused BJP govt of reducing governance to an exercise in political optics.“Every household in Goa today understands the importance of yoga because people are constantly struggling to maintain balance amid rising prices, unemployment, financial insecurity and anti-people decisions of BJP govt,”…
Varanasi: Marking the International Day of Yoga, a six-day special exhibition of books and research materials on yoga is being organised at Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library from Saturday.Inaugurated by BHU VC Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, the exhibition will remain open daily from 10am to 5pm till June 25.The VC said that such initiatives help create…
Ahmedabad: A 16-year-old boy suffered grievous injuries after being hit by an AMTS bus while attempting to cross a road near Nehrunagar on June 19. An FIR in the case was registered with M Division Traffic Police after the victim’s father lodged a complaint.According to police, the injured boy had gone to deliver a tiffin…
Water chlorination missing in Ludhiana, a representational image Ludhiana: A delayed rollout of water chlorination systems leaves thousands in this city exposed to contaminated supply as the rainy season begins.Civic officials rush to secure water treatment tenders after leaving 77% of city pumps unchlorinated. Only 329 of the city’s 1,371 municipal tube wells — about…
